“The number of people confirmed dead in the 11 March earthquake and tsunami in Japan has reached 6,539, surpassing the toll from the massive tremor in Kobe in 1995, the AFP is quoting Japanese police as saying.” (This was from the BBC)

Steve Herman from Voice of America tweeted, “One small town here in Fukushima-ken today reporting rad readings of 20.1μSv/h.”

Airline passengers from Japan are setting off radiation devices in America.